For with God nothing will be impossible.”
Parallel translations
- WEB For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”
- KJV For with God nothing shall be impossible.
- BSB For no word from God will ever fail.”
- NASB For nothing will be impossible with God.”
- NLT For the word of God will never fail.”
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Quick answer
Nothing God speaks is impossible. His word will surely come to pass.
Overview
This declaration grounds both miraculous births in the omnipotence of God. What seems impossible to humans is certain when God has spoken. It is a foundational assurance of God's power to accomplish all his saving purposes.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Matt 19:26Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Jer 32:27“Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
- Mark 10:27Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”
- Jer 32:17“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
- Luke 18:27But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
- Gen 18:14Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Num 11:23Yahweh said to Moses, “Has Yahweh’s hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.”
- Phil 3:21who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
- Zech 8:6Yahweh of Armies says: “If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Job 13:2What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
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